Thread by @docrussjackson

Black people are about 18 times more likely to be searched than their white counterparts.

But according to our culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…

BME children make up over half of the child population in prison (28% are black). This is an increase of 15% over the past decade.

But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

By the end of secondary school, Gypsy, Roma & Traveller pupils are almost three years - & black Caribbean students 11 months - behind their white British counterparts.

But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

BME people with learning disabilities die younger than their white counterparts; there's a 26-year difference between white & BME people with profound & multiple learning disabilities.

But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

Had the white population experienced the same risk of death from #COVID19 as black groups, there would have been an estimated 58,000 additional deaths just between March & May 2020.

But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

In 2019, 90% of Australian nationals were released before spending 28 days in detention compared with 60% of Nigerian nationals & just 40% of Jamaican nationals.

But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.

The @RunnymedeTrust report makes it *crystal clear* that institutional & structural/systemic #racism exist alongside individual racism: it is grotesque that the Govt commissioned #racereport & the UK press - as well as Boris Johnson & Priti Patel - all sought downplay its extent.